Noxious Species Identification Guide - ADOT...3 4 ( accharis sarothroides) Desertbroom . General Information. Source listing Noxious Status Duration Seed. TNFArizona Native. AZ. FED

N o x i o u s S p e c i e s

Identification Guide

Value and qual ity assurance sect ion

2015 Noxious Species Identification Guide

Value and Quality Assurance Section

Sources of information and other photographs:

DiTomaso, J., & Healy, E. (2007). In Weeds of California and Other Western States (Vol. 1 and Vol. 2).

Oakland: Regents of the University of California.

SOUTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION NETWORK, SEINet. 2014. http//:swbiodiversity.org/seinet/

index.php. Accessed in October.

USDA, NRCS. 2014. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 03 September 2014). National Plant

Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.

(1996). In T. Whitson (Ed.), Weeds of the West (5th ed.,). Newark, CA: The Western Society of Weed

Science in cooperation with the Western United States L a n d G r a n t U n i v e r s i t i e s

Cooperative Extension Services.

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Tree of Heaven

(Ailanthus altissima)

Jerusalem Thorn

(Parkinsonia aculeata)

Desertbroom

(Baccharis sarothroides)

Saltcedar

(Tamarix spp.)

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trees + shrubs

Coastal Sandbur / Field Sandbur

(Cenchrus spinifex)

Jointed Goatgrass

(Aegilops cylindrica)

Giant Reed

(Arundo donax)

Camelthorn

(Alhagi maurorum)

Wild Oat

(Avena fatua)

grasses

Bermudagrass

(Cynodon dactylon)

Hairy Crabgrass

(Digitaria sanguinalis)

Southern Sandbur

(Cenchrus echinatus)

Buffelgrass

(Pennisetum ciliare)

Fountaingrass

(Pennisetum setaceum)

Johnsongrass

(Sorghum halepense)

Lehmann Lovegrass

(Eragrostis lehmanniana)

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herbs + forb

Dalmatian Toadflax

(Linaria dalmatica)

Field Bindweed

(Convolvulus arvensis)

Yellow Starthistle

(Centaurea solstitialis)

Common Sunflower

(Helianthus annuus)

Yellow Sweetclover

(Melilotus officinalis)

Scotch Thistle

(Onopordum acanthium)

Camphorweed

(Heterotheca subaxillaris)

Silverleaf Nightshade

(Solanum elaeagnifolium)

Puncturevine

(Tribulus terrestris)

Common Mullein

(Verbascum thapsus)

Tumbleweed / Prickly Russian Thistle

(Salsola tragus)

Diffuse Knapweed

(Centaurea diffusa)

Russian Knapweed

(Acroptilon repens)

Kochia / Burningbush

(Bassia scoparia)

Carelessweed

(Amaranthus palmeri)

Black Mustard

(Brassica nigra)

Sahara Mustard

(Brassica tournefortii)

Maltese Starthistle

(Centaurea melitensis)

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Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) 3

Seed Source listing Noxious Status Duration General Information

TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW

Grows in riparian areas.

Up to 65’ tall.

Perennial

(Baccharis sarothroides) Desertbroom 4 3


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW

Arizona Native.

Up to 10’ tall.

Perennial Not

Available

Jerusalem Thorn (Parkinsonia aculeata) 5


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW

Arizona Native.

Up to 40’ tall.

Perennial

Top right and bottom right. Photo Credit: Max Licher from SEINet Research Database

Left. Photo Credit: Liz Makings from SEINet Research Database

(Tamarix spp.) Saltcedar 6 5


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW

- Perennial Not

Available

Jointed Goatgrass (Aegilops cylindrica) 9


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW

Up to 2.5’ tall. Annual

Photo Credit: USDA APHIS PPQ Archive, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org

(Alhagi maurorum) Camelthorn 10 9


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW

Up to 4’ tall. Perennial Not

Available

All photos. Photo Credit: Max Licher from SEINet Research

Giant Reed (Arundo donax) 11


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW

Up to 20’ tall. Perennial

(Avena fatua) Wild Oat 12 11


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW

Up to 4’ tall. Annual

Right. Photo Credit: Max Licher from SEINet Research

Left. Photo Credit: Mark W. Skinner, hosted by the USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database

Southern Sandbur (Cenchrus echinatus) 13


All photos. Photo Credit: Forest and Kim Starr from SEINet Research

TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW

Up to 8” tall. Annual Not

Available

(Cenchrus spinifex) Coastal Sandbur / Field Sandbur 14 13




TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW

Up to 11” tall. Annual

Perennial

Not

Available

Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) 15

Seed Source listing Noxious Status Duration General Information Seed Source listing Noxious Status Duration General Information

TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW

Up to 2” tall. Perennial

(Digitaria sanguinalis) Hairy Crabgrass 16 15


Left. Photo Credit: The Morton Arboretum from SEINet Research

Bottom right. Photo Credit: Patrick Alexander from SEINet Research

Top right. Photo Credit: Max Licher from SEINet Research

TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW

Up to 2’ tall. Annual Not

Available

Lehmann Lovegrass (Eragrostis lehmanniana) 17

Top right and bottom right. Photo Credit: Patrick Alexander

Bottom left. Photo Credit: Liz Makings from SEINet Research

Top left. Photo Credit: Max Licher from SEINet Research


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW


(Pennisetum ciliare) Buffelgrass 18 17

Seed Source listing Noxious Status Duration General Information Seed Source listing Noxious Status Duration General Information

TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW


Fountaingrass (Pennisetum setaceum) 19


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW

Up to 3’ tall. Perennial Not

Available

(Sorghum halepense) Johnsongrass 20 19


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW


Russian Knapweed (Acroptilon repens) 23


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW


All two photos above. Photo Credit: Max Licher from SEINet Research

(Amaranthus palmeri) Carelessweed 24 23


Bottom left. Photo Credit: Patrick Alexander from SEINet Research

Right. Photo Credit: Michael J. Plagens from SEINet Research

Top left. Photo Credit: Max Licher from SEINet Research

TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW


Kochia / Burningbush (Bassia scoparia) 25


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW


(Brassica nigra) Black Mustard 26 25


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW


Top and Bottom Right. Photo Credit: Max Licher from SEINet Research Database

Left. Photo Credit: Morton Arboretum from SEINet Research Database

Sahara Mustard (Brassica tournefortii) 27


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW


(Centaurea diffusa) Diffuse Knapweed 28 27


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW


Perennial

Not

Available

Maltese Starthistle (Centaurea melitensis) 29


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW


Biennial

Not

Available


(Centaurea solstitialis) Yellow Starthistle 30 29


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW



Not

Available

Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) 31


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW



(Helianthus annuus) Common Sunflower 32 31


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW


Camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris) 33


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW


(Linaria dalmatica) Dalmatian Toadflax 34 33


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW


Photo Credit: Susan Turner, British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Bugwood.org

Yellow Sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis) 35


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW


Biennial

Perennial


(Onopordum acanthium) Scotch Thistle 36 35


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW

Up to 12’ tall. Biennial

All photos above. Photo Credit: Max Licher from SEINet Research

Tumbleweed (Salsola tragus) 37


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW

Up to 3’ tall. Annual Not

Available

(Solanum elaeagnifolium) Silverleaf Nightshade 38 37


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW


Puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris) 39


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW

- Annual

Bottom. Photo Credit: Max Licher from SEINet Research Database

Top. Photo Credit: Patrick J. Alexander hosted by the USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database

(Verbascum thapsus) Common Mullein 40 39


TNF

AZ

FED

PNW

RNW

RGNW



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Noxious Species Identification Guide - ADOT...3 4 ( accharis sarothroides) Desertbroom . General Information. Source listing Noxious Status Duration Seed. TNFArizona Native. AZ. FED